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maleficent

[ muh-lef-uh-suhnt ]

adjective

  1. doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious:

    maleficent destroyers of reputations.



maleficent

/ məˈlɛfɪsənt /

adjective

  1. causing or capable of producing evil or mischief; harmful or baleful


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Derived Forms

  • maˈlefic, adjective
  • maˈleficence, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of maleficent1

1670–80; back formation from Latin maleficentia maleficence; -ent

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Word History and Origins

Origin of maleficent1

C17: from Latin maleficent-, from maleficus wicked, prone to evil, from malum evil

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Example Sentences

When you watched the movie all those years ago, were you wondering if there was more to Maleficent than we were seeing?

Maleficent is an iconic Disney villain and has her own fans because of her status as the bad guy.

What were your first impressions of Maleficent when you first watched Sleeping Beauty?

Maleficent is, to me, the most interesting thing in the Disney feature.

Do that too reflexively (and for too long) and Maleficent is what you end up with.

The 'monarch,' as he observes, 'is naturally the very worst—the most maleficent member of the whole community.'

That maleficent giant can now hardly grin at the pilgrims whom he once harassed.

"I consider it less a case of idiocy than one of possession, maleficent possession," replied Crashaw.

It is, of course, no argument against this view that the authors of the Diræ regard Gladstone as a maleficent being.

The Assyrians looked upon the stars as divinities endued with beneficent or maleficent power.

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